expanded some rules, changed wording to make it better for newcomers, emphasized that a patch is not required but alternatively some remediation steps, and that understanding of open webui's extensibility is necessary, removed "rule" of immediate patch merging (since it's not a 'rule') and added docs link
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/21859
**Author:** [@Classic298](https://github.com/Classic298)
**Created:** 2/25/2026
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 2/25/2026
**Merged by:** [@tjbck](https://github.com/tjbck)
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `patch-1`
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### 📄 Description
expanded some rules, changed wording to make it better for newcomers, emphasized that a patch is not required but alternatively some remediation steps, and that understanding of open webui's extensibility is necessary, removed "rule" of immediate patch merging (since it's not a 'rule') and added docs link
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/21859
Author: @Classic298
Created: 2/25/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 2/25/2026
Merged by: @tjbck
Base:
dev← Head:patch-1📝 Commits (1)
e162de0Update SECURITY.md📊 Changes
1 file changed (+27 additions, -22 deletions)
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docs/SECURITY.md(+27 -22)📄 Description
expanded some rules, changed wording to make it better for newcomers, emphasized that a patch is not required but alternatively some remediation steps, and that understanding of open webui's extensibility is necessary, removed "rule" of immediate patch merging (since it's not a 'rule') and added docs link
Contributor License Agreement
By submitting this pull request, I confirm that I have read and fully agree to the Contributor License Agreement (CLA), and I am providing my contributions under its terms.
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.